BLU Win HD now available in gray exclusively from the Microsoft Store

In what appears to be a Microsoft Store exclusive color, you can now pick up a BLU Win HD from the online store in gray. If you've been eyeballing the device, but have yet to pull the trigger based on its poppy color offerings, this could be right up your alley.

The gray model doesn't appear to be offered anywhere else, so Microsoft is your only choice for this particular hue. Of course if gray isn't your style, the device is also available in your selection of orange, white, pink, or yellow.

For a refresher, the BLU Win HD comes with a 5-inch 720p display, 8GB of storage expandable to 32 via a microSD card, and 1GB of RAM. All of this runs on a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor, a 2200mAh battery, and WIndows Phone 8.1. Wrapping things up, the device also sports an 8MP camera on the back, along with a 2MP shooter on the front.

If you're interested in snagging one of these bad boys in gray, you can do so from the source link below for $180.

Great phone for the price, I picked it up for $129. Great battery life I average 50% per 24hrs. The camera is fine under good day light but suck other situation. We also have a 830 in the house and I actually like the handle of the HD better, I have big hand and the 830 slip out of my hand alot, never with the HD.

@2tomtom Ok, then tell us what you would do to increase Windows Phone's market share...enlighten us with your brilliant ideas since you seem to disregard anybody else's ideas without pitching in. We all know that Microsoft is struggling with Windows Phone, there's no getting around that. But so far all I've heard is people bitch and whine about how a flagship is supposed to save it. Yes its a problem that they don't have a more recent flagship, but it is not the #1 reason why WP isn't gaining anywhere. There's a hell of a lot more reasons than just that. At least Microsoft is focusing on a strategy towards budget phones until they get their sh*t straightened out with Windows 10, and a lot of other users as well as myself seem to agree that that is the best approach for now, besides you. I'm going to say this one more time. Releasing a flagship right now is pointless, seeing as that they would have to tailor it to run Windows Phone 8.1, just to have Windows 10 come out within a matter of less than a year. People would complain that they just bought a new device and now they feel they have to go out and get a new one within the same year, and somehow find some stupid ignorant reason to blame Microsoft for that. Yes the phone would most likely be upgradeable, but who's to say that there won't be issues in upgrading for some users? What if there's app compatibility issues since devs are now trying to focus on designing for Windows 10? Right now the transition for Microsoft's focus between Windows 8(.1) and Windows 10 is kind of chaotic, and adding a flagship device right now would just increase that chaos more. If Microsoft waits until Windows 10 is released, they'll hopefully have all of their stuff figured out, tailor the device to work with it, it will already be up to date with Windows 10 right out of the box, and people will expect it to work right out of the box as it should. Android took the approach with starting out with budget devices when they had a low market share. Now look where they're at, #1. They gained the attention first, then OEMs started throwing in more flagships. If Microsoft were to throw in a flagship right now, you would only see minimal growth in marketshare by the time comes that they said they would release a flagship once Windows 10 comes out. It would do no good, at least no significant good. Many others agree that waiting is the best approach for a flagship, as well as myself, but obviously that's not your thinking. So again...instead of just calling out everybody's opinions on Microsoft's strategy, please tell us what YOU would do, and how you think it is suppose to increase their market share significantly before Windows 10 is released. Inform us oh great wise one...

umm, no. In the US grAy is the generally accepted spelling, though grEy isn't wrong ... both are acceptable. Now...coloUr...thats wrong in the states...funny how a US based site would use US English...geezus...you'd think you'd at least check your facts first...but no.

Seems the 640 is a better deal to me. I plan on getting a 640 an hoping it's at least as good as my two year old 820. The 820 has been great the most reliable trouble free phone I have ever owned. It has never shut down or even rebooted itself in the two years I have had it. But the 640 has a 5" screen and a much larger battery so I am going to give it a shot.worst comes to worst I'll just go back to my 820 and sell the 640.

I got two during that sale: one yellow and one pink. Solid phone for $50, and probably even at $150. The screen is really nice, but scrolling quickly does lag a bit. Also, the camera is not as bad as some people say. It's no Lumia, but it decent.

I swear to god if I keep hearing the word "flagship" on this site Im going to be raising some serious hell soon.....have some goddamn patience. Get out of the house, go get some p*ssy, play Magic the Gathering, do something besides whine over as something as stupid as a phone. Jesus...

Lol people are constantly and impatiently complaining, yelling, whining, etc. about a flagship device, but I tell them to get some damn patience and I'M told to take a chill pill??? Please....give those meds to the people that deserve it. They need it more than I do. I'm not trying to be a dick or anything, but you can only take so much of hearing the phrase "Where's the flagships?" before losing it. Its really starting to get old. Microsoft said one wouldn't be released until Windows 10 was ready, and that's that. No more whining about flagships should be present until then. They gave us an answer on when to expect one, and that's what people wanted was an answer. Apparently that wasn't good enough, now that I think about it, nothing ever is for Microsoft "fans".

I still don't get what everyone is complaining about. Most companies only release one flagship device a year. It hasn't even been a year yet for the 930. So what the new flagship is going to come out a few months past a year, you'll live. If not, get any of the current flagships and they'll still offer you an amazing experience despite not being the newest. We are honestly at the point in time where new flagships don't really bring much new to the table anyways.

Exactly. I own a 1520, and used to have a 920. There's practically no difference between them in performance. And you're absolutely right, they don't really bring a lot to offer nowadays, except what, a fancier display and a thinner bezel? Look at what the new galaxy S6 had to offer. People are complaining that it is iPhone like. It's the same stuff year after year that for some reason people piss their pants in excitement over. To me the true definition of a flagship would be a device like the Surface. Have it come with a miniature stylus similar to the one with the Pro 3 for jotting down notes and drawing, incorporate a small kickstand that would work in both portrait and landscape positions for movie viewing, create a bunch of accessories for the device (not screen protectors, cases, or predictable crap like that) like docking stations for full screen monitors, Bluetooth keyboards (which Microsoft just recently revealed one), stuff like that. More or less, make it a true mini laptop/Surface that fits in your pocket and can make phone calls. That's my definition of a flagship device. Not something that allows me to view a woman's tits in 3D on a 1080p display. That's what real life is for.

That's because Apple and Microsoft are their own OEM, and their OS is consistent throughout their devices, so it's hard to really change anything about that. Android has many different OEM supporters that can roll out many different flagships with different features because OEMs can tweak the OS to their liking to make those features work. That's why a Samsung android device looks different from an HTC one, and an HTC one looks different from the Nexus, etc. But I was talking about one line of flagships, the Galaxy S series. What have they done throughout the past two or three models that has been radically different except for hardware upgrades, thinner screen, lighter weight, etc.? Its not really innovation anymore. It actually quits being innovation after the first couple models. Ok, maybe a fingerprint scanner I would consider innovation because it was introduced to their phones for the first time, but afterward you can't call it innovation anymore. I will admit that Samsung has probably been one of the most innovative companies when it comes to their flagship smartphones (stylus on the Note, multiview two apps at once on a phone, etc.) but they're starting to run out of ideas, and if you look at a comparison between the s6 and iPhone you will see a LOT of design similarities. Though it's debatable that Samsung copied Apple because the Ativ SE that Samsung made prior to the iPhone 6 looks pretty similar to it, that's a different story. The point is that a lot of your major flagships (especially the Galaxy series and iPhone) nowadays just aren't becoming as exciting or innovative as they used to be, because there really isn't a lot you can do or as many features you can add anymore without having to revamp the OS in a way that will allow you to. I think right now this is what Microsoft is trying to accomplish with Windows 10, and is why we won't see any flagships until then, at least not from them. For all we know Samsung or HTC might just say f**k it and hand us a flagship windows phone before Windows 10 comes out. Its highly unlikely, but its something that hardly anybody ever bothers to consider because they're too focused on what Microsoft has to offer and too busy complaining towards them and not other OEMs.

The MSFT strategy of low-midrange phones is the right one. Let Samsung and HTC battle with Apple for premium fetish hardware. It makes zero sense to sell 2 premium phones when you can't even get the most mainstream app developers to commit to your platform.

Another great point. It makes no sense whatsoever to make high end devices if you have trouble getting people interested in your low end ones. You'd make no money on it. Yeah people would get their flagship, but once they get it they'll instantly jump right back to complaining about the other issues going on with Windows Phone ("no apps", not enough features, etc.) and they'll abandon it for those reasons. Thus losing more interest, and wasted money on making a premium device. Microsoft's current strategy is the best one anybody can do, and Android/Google took this strategy as well before they and other OEMs started making all their flagships. They got people interested in the platform, then started giving them even better devices. You have to work up their interest, not just expect it right from the get go with fancy high end toys.

What the hell are you talking about? I didn't say anything about Microsoft "getting it right" with smartphones. You obviously just skimmed over half of the thread of comments, and just made up your own story. Yeah...people "want a high end, top tier flagship" just for them to bitch about how few features and apps it has compared to the competition...why do you think Microsoft is taking the slow approach with flagships? They want to get Windows 10 in check and get devs on board so they know they're going to have a stronger ecosystem that will better support flagship devices. Making a new flagship right now with Windows Phone 8.1 is worthless, especially if its just going to have the same practical functionality as all of their mid to low tier phones. Get some common sense...

Well then you'd make a terrible salesman, frankly speaking. Secondly, the majority of the sales are for low to midrange devices, and that won't change any time soon regardless of if MS releases a new flagship device. So he is right in that it does make good business sense to focus on that market first.